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Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: York

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 14 10:59 am Post subject:
No, bur I used one in a previous job & it was very effective for hoovering the farm yard.

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 14 5:31 pm Post subject:
Have you tried searching under 'suction excavators' or 'vacuum excavators' ? Will mostly throw up big machines, but a few trailer mounted and small tracked machines out there, also a few smaller things like on Rob's link.

Mutton

Joined: 09 May 2009
Posts: 1508

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 14 6:20 pm Post subject:

Thanks Rob

@onemanband - I hadn't, no, not even heard of such things. I did searches with things like "silt pump" and "ditch/pond clearance" and the like. Some fun things on YouTube, like a whacking great pump hung off a JCB pumping silt out of a drainage cut on the Somerset Levels, and pumps with an agitator on the front that can pump gravel but...
I'll go do those searches. Good idea.

(The silt pumps are generally needing tractors, or three phase electricity, or are a 2m cube diesel thing. Lovely engineering, but.....)

onemanband

Joined: 26 Dec 2010
Posts: 1473
Location: NCA90

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 14 6:28 pm Post subject:

Mutton wrote:

@onemanband
I'll go do those searches. Good idea.

Don't get your hopes up. My search terms will mostly throw up stuff that is too big. Worth a look tho.

There's also 'air spades' - basically blasting with compressed air - dunno if that's of interest/relevance.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46192
Location: yes

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 14 6:54 pm Post subject:

my first option is fun and easy though it might upset the wildlife

it was the "farming with dynamite" post years ago that made me think of it and a quick google chi confirmed that it works with modern kit .

a big hoover seems a nice tool ,my 50 lt one was ace for blocked drains ,builders muck etc .

maybe a pressure hose and a slurpy tube combo would be the machine for small ditches

a 500m rise of mud is my idea of a fun morning

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4612
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Sat Sep 13, 14 7:43 pm Post subject:
How long,wide and deep is this ditch? Presume the silting is due to the field being flat,not that the tree roots help,but is it the same situation either side of you on the neighbour`s land? How much water does this ditch carry?

RichardW

Joined: 24 Aug 2006
Posts: 8443
Location: Llyn Peninsular North Wales

Posted: Sun Sep 14, 14 7:24 am Post subject:
Unless this if a concrete ditch of some sort I cant see a vacuum even one of steroids being up to the job. Perhaps if you also use an air spade to do the digging / shaping of the ditch & then use the Vac to remove whats left over.

hindsjohn

Joined: 16 Oct 2017
Posts: 1

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 17 6:03 pm Post subject:
I'm not sure this product is the answer https://ecoblastsupplies.co.uk/cleaning-equip-cmp/industrial-vacuum-system/ but I have used them before and if this isn't suitable they are great at coming up with bespoke solutions.

Slim

Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Posts: 6612
Location: New England (In the US of A)

Posted: Mon Oct 16, 17 8:30 pm Post subject:
I love when a new post brings up an old thread that I completely missed. Particularly one with such interesting subject matter. I'd love to hear what was eventually used (fingers crossed it was the explosives )

gregotyn

Joined: 24 Jun 2010
Posts: 2201
Location: Llanfyllin area

Posted: Fri Nov 17, 17 3:24 pm Post subject:
You and me both, Slim. I missed this first time round-but not sure I would have any answers anyway

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